Red Lion - Reigate and Banstead

Hadn’t been to the Red Lion for a while and so pleased I went this weekend. They had a great band on and a rocking atmosphere. Helped by the managers choice of music. Might be sad to say but best night out in a while!...The Thai green curry was good too. Staff were pleasant as always.

Booked this restaurant as very near my disabled daughter's supported living. Web site led us to believe that it did English and Thai food. We asked about disabled access as my daughter in a wheelchair. Was told there were steps but there were people there...to help us up and down them. When we got there we managed the step ok and were offered a choice of tables. Everything fine until we were told English food not available in the evening, only Thai but they would do us some chips. We ordered some drinks which were brought to the table. Then the man from the Thai restaurant came and took our order. We asked for a jug of water to go with the food and this is when the attitude changed. The pub is separate to the thai restaurant, the man behind the bar who had been really friendly when we arrived just slammed our water on the table and never came near us again. The Thai food was ok but I've had far better. When it came to paying the bill, the food was separate to the drinks so I had to then leave my disabled daughter and queue at the bar to pay for the drinks. The pub is tired, not very friendly and we won't be going again, which is a shame as it's very local. As a parting shot, no help was offered to get the wheelchair back out down the steps. Poor show.

Booked a table for the footie a month ago for people, they put us on one of the worst seats in the house and it only sat four people. When I questioned this the staff member told us to sit on each others laps...and he wasnt joking! His name was Dave and he was rude, arrogant, an absolute piece of work. He also told me to go I had to leave because I didnt have a mask which is fair enough but he did it very rudely, I got a mask. What annoyed me was the fact that everyone else in the pub was walking around without a mask on. He also told me he didnt have any spare masks but I saw the same guy give masks to more than person.

Run by the experienced Dave Borley, this is a grand pub to visit with fine outdoor seating (with TV and heaters). High quality Thai food is available and there's plenty of car parking. Beer standards are high. The staff are friendly and efficient ..and have great abilities to remember what drink you had the last time!

I have been searching for a pub in the area to accommodate a get together for our anniversary in July. After trying many pubs/bars and getting no reply or no answer I was surprised and very lucky when someone answered the phone! Lovely guy, very...helpful, answered and booked in people, not a million questions, no problem and told me he would try and get the rugby on (a must for some of our guests) After a few hours of searching it was a great relief to finally get a friendly confirmation at a highly rated place! I feel confident that we'll get the same response on the day! Thank you.